Russia has been accused of war crimes for its shelling of Ukraine.
The latest information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) states 31 health facilities have been shelled across Ukraine, including a cancer hospital.
Last week Russia shelled a maternity hospital in Mariupol.
Asked on Monday whether this constitutes a war crime, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: “Yes I think it is. It is an appalling atrocity, it’s a war crime because under international law you cannot attack health facilities and hospitals.”
Here’s what is meant by shelling, and where Russia has attacked in Ukraine.
What does shelling mean?
Shelling is the act of firing shells, which are containers full of explosives, at something.
The definition of a shell is “a container, usually with a pointed end, that is filled with explosives and shot from a large gun”.
Where has Russia shelled?
Russia has shelled multiple cities across Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv.
The cities of Mariupol, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv have seen particularly heavy attacks.
On Sunday Russia shelled a military base just 7.5 miles from the Polish border, its westernmost attack of the invasion.
The attack killed at least 35 people, and injured 134 more.
The UK said the shelling marked a “significant escalation” of the conflict, with Mr Javid warning: “We’ve been very clear, even before the war started, that if there was an attack on any Nato country, even if just a toecap of a Russian soldier steps into Nato territory then it would be war with Nato, and Nato would respond.”
At least two people were killed and three injured when a shell hit a residential building in Kyiv on Monday morning, according to Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russian forces they face a fight to the death if they try to occupy Kyiv, as air raid sirens again woke residents on Sunday morning.
“If they decide to carpet bomb and simply erase the history of this region and destroy all of us, then they will enter Kyiv. If that’s their goal, let them come in, but they will have to live on this land by themselves,” he said on Saturday.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that Russia also shelled a mosque in Mariupol where more than 80 adults and children had taken refuge.
Foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted on Friday: “Besieged Mariupol is now the worst humanitarian catastrophe on the planet. 1,582 dead civilians in 12 days.”